There is a difference, Kantian, between politcal correctness and common courtesy. I do realize that the difference has been blurred in recent years, but those of us who remember a time before PC recognize it clear as day.
And no one is suggesting that your child be deprived in any way of the most excellent education possible for him. If you read my post again, you will see that I made that quite clear: Disruptive children should NEVER be placed in regular classrooms — and that includes perfectly “normal” kids who are sometimes the most disruptive of all.
I don’t know about you, but if I was a teacher, I’d rather have the quiet, slower kid who takes longer to learn his multiplication tables any day over the normal, but loud, foul-mouthed, and smart-assed brat who knows them back and forth but won’t obey my instructions or keep his seat when asked. Now THAT’S disruptive behavior.
All I am suggesting is that you be a little more considerate before you call these children truly insulting names. That’s not politcal correctness, that’s being polite.
Regards,
“There is a difference, Kantian, between politcal correctness and common courtesy”
Not to mention common decency.
Some of the remarks I’ve seen here would be the equivalent of me saying to the parents of a cancer patient “I’m sorry you’re child has cancer, but that’s not my problem, and since nobody in my family has ever had cancer, well I wish all cancer research funding were cut off.”
There’s no law against being a jerk tho, and i think most of ther jerkier posters do it for shock value.